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The foundational work on continual learning, 1980 to 2026: methods, theory, benchmarks, surveys, and the neuroscience of memory. Updated weekly; some carry our notes.

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  1. 2024
    Where’s That Voice Coming? Continual Learning for Sound Source LocalizationYang Xiao, Rohan Kumar DasIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME)
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  2. 2025
    Adaptive Weighted Parameter Fusion with CLIP for Class-Incremental LearningJuncen Guo, Xiaoguang Zhu, Liangyu Teng … Liang SongIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Fudan University · University of California, Davis · +1
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  3. 2025
    CLIP-driven Few-Shot Continual LearningZiqi Gu, Chunyan Xu, Zhen CuiIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Nanjing University of Science and Technology · Beijing Normal University
  4. 2025
    Decoupling Overlapped Feature Spaces: When Continual Learning Meets Fine-Grain ClassificationZhikun Feng, Mingyu Wu, Ping Kuang … Yu LiuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · University of Electronic Science and Technology of China · Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University
  5. 2025
    Enhancing Few-Shot Class-Incremental Learning via Cross-Modal Bias AlignmentD. Wang, Zhiming Chen, Xiang Qiu … Bingzhi ChenIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Beijing Institute of Technology · Zhuhai Institute of Advanced Technology · +2
  6. 2025
    Exploring Flexibility in Incremental Few-Shot Object DetectionDongdong Gong, Tengfei Gong, Yaxiong Chen … Shengwu XiongIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (Canada)
  7. 2025
    GLRB: Heterogeneous Federated Continual Learning via Global and Local RebalanceHaodong Zhang, Yang Liu, Zihan JiangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Tianjin University
  8. 2025
    Layer-wise Parameter Robustness for Continual Test-time AdaptationHaoyu Xiong, Qiuxia Yang, Chengchao Wang … Yuanyuan PuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Yunnan University
  9. 2025
    Leveraging Multiple Deep Experts for Online Class-incremental LearningZhe Tao, Lu Yu, Hantao Yao, Changsheng XuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Tianjin University of Technology · University of Science and Technology of China · +2
  10. 2025
    Mitigating Knowledge Forgetting by Generative Knowledge Replay and Forgetting-aware Aggregation in Semi-Supervised Federated LearningHongquan Liu, Yixin Ren, Jihong Guan, Shuigeng ZhouIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Fudan University · Tongji University
  11. 2025
    ReFEdit: Rehearsal-Free Lifelong Knowledge Editing for Large Language ModelsXianjie Mo, Youcheng Pan, Yongshuai Hou … Yang XiangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Peng Cheng Laboratory
  12. 2025
    RKU: Relevant Knowledge-aware Unlearning for Federated Continual LearningHaodong Zhang, Liu Yang, Zihan JiangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Tianjin University
  13. 2024
    CASA: Class-Agnostic Shared Attributes in Vision-Language Models for Efficient Incremental Object DetectionMingyi Guo, Yuyang Liu, Zhiyuan Yan … Yonghong TianIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Peking University
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  14. 2024
    FL-Clip: Bridging Plasticity and Stability in Pre-Trained Federated Class-Incremental Learning ModelsAlysa Ziying Tan, Siwei Feng, Han YuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Nanyang Technological University · Soochow University
  15. 2024
    Continual Semantic Segmentation via Mask-Based Class RebalancingYongjie Guo, Siya Chen, Hongjian YouIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Aerospace Information Research Institute
  16. 2024
    Enhancing Few-Shot Classification without Forgetting Through Multi-level Contrastive ConstraintsBingzhi Chen, Haoming Zhou, Yishu Liu … Guangming LuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · South China Normal University · Harbin Institute of Technology
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  17. 2024
    FedFRR: Federated Forgetting-Resistant Representation LearningHui Wang, Jie Sun, Tianyu Wo, Xudong LiuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Beihang University
  18. 2024
    VIP-FSCIL: A More Robust Approach for FSCILZhihang Wei, Jinxin Shi, Jing Yang, Jiabao ZhaoIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · East China Normal University
  19. 2024
    Distillation Excluding Positives for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningDuo Liu, Linglan Zhao, Zhongqiang Zhang … Xiangzhong FangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · Tencent (China)
  20. 2024
    Semantic Bridging and Feature Anchoring for Class Incremental LearningKanghui Wu, Dongyan GuoIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Zhejiang University of Technology
  21. 2023
    Semantic-visual Guided Transformer for Few-shot Class-incremental LearningWenhao Qiu, Sichao Fu, Jingyi Zhang … Qinmu PengIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Huazhong University of Science and Technology
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  22. 2023
    Preserving Locality in Vision Transformers for Class Incremental LearningBowen Zheng, Da-Wei Zhou, Han-Jia Ye, De‐Chuan ZhanIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Nanjing University
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  23. 2023
    Rethinking Self-Supervision for Few-Shot Class-Incremental LearningLinglan Zhao, Jing Lü, Zhanzhan Cheng … Xiangzhong FangIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Shanghai Jiao Tong University · University of Science and Technology of China · +1
  24. 2023
    Decoupled Mutual Distillation for Incremental Object DetectionGao-Dong Liu, Wan‐Lei Zhao, Jie ZhaoIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Xiamen University · University of Nottingham Ningbo China
  25. 2023
    Discriminative Gradient Adjustment with Coupled Knowledge Distillation for Class Incremental LearningHao Zhang, Yanxu Hu, Jiawen Peng, J. AndyIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Sun Yat-sen University · Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China · +1
  26. 2022
    AGCN: Augmented Graph Convolutional Network for Lifelong Multi-Label Image RecognitionKaile Du, Fan Lyu, Fuyuan Hu … Qiming FuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Suzhou University of Science and Technology · Tianjin University · +1
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  27. 2021
    Continual Contrastive Learning for Image ClassificationZhiwei Lin, Yongtao Wang, Hongxiang LinIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Peking University
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  28. 2022
    Online Deep Metric Learning via Mutual DistillationGao-Dong Liu, Wan‐Lei Zhao, Jie ZhaoIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Xiamen University
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  29. 2021
    Calibration for Non-Exemplar Based Class-Incremental LearningFei Zhu, Xu-Yao Zhang, Cheng‐Lin LiuIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Chinese Academy of Sciences · Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence · +3
  30. 2021
    Retrospective Class Incremental LearningQingyi Tao, Chen Change Loy, Jianfei Cad … Simon SeeIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Nanyang Technological University · Monash University · +1
  31. 2019
    An End-to-End Architecture for Class-Incremental Object Detection with Knowledge DistillationHao Yu, Yanwei Fu, Yu–Gang Jiang, Qi TianIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · Fudan University · Jilian Technology Group (China) · +1
  32. 2018
    Enhancing CNN Incremental Learning Capability with an Expanded NetworkShanshan Cai, Zhuwei Xu, Zhichao Huang … C.‐C. Jay KuoIEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME) · University of Southern California · Tsinghua University
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We keep this list because we read the field and wanted one place to see it. It covers work on continual learning itself, in the core areas of machine learning, and leaves out papers that apply it inside another field, such as medical imaging or fault diagnosis. It is seeded from the community lists kept by ContinualAI and by Xialei Liu, then filled out from OpenAlex, and every week a script looks for new papers on OpenAlex and arXiv. A model reads each candidate and decides whether it belongs; a person reviews the additions before they go live. Authors and affiliations come from OpenAlex, so a recent preprint can lack its institutions for a week or two.

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